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The Musicians

A plural orchestra

The Basque National Orchestra is also for everyone. Judging by the diversity of the origin of its musicians, it represents a sort of global village. Apart from the growing number of Basque musicians, France, Poland, New Zealand, United States, Uzbekistan, Russia or Rumania are just some of the countries that appear among the passports of Basque National Orchestra members. However, right here and right now they all form a compact human group, strongly identifying with the Orchestra?s artistic project and committed to work on it from each of their individual aspects.

Permanent guest concertmaster

  • » Lorenz Nasturica Herschcowici

Guest Concertmaster

  • » Bernhard Hartog
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First Violins

  • » Waldemar Machmar (Assistant concertmaster)
  • » José Ignacio Aizpiri Múgica
  • » Inmaculada Aramburo González
  • » Christine Felden
  • » Marie Gaillard
  • » Luis José Hamela Bober
  • » Jolanta Jablonska Antoniewicz
  • » Michal Jablonski Treder
  • » Alexandre Kozouline Mimrikov
  • » Maite Menéndez Miravalles
  • » Larraitz Oiarzabal Zuriarrain
  • » Ortzi Oihartzabal
  • » Itziar Prieto Etxano
  • » Maialen Rezabal Uranga
  • » Cristina Vértiz Hazen
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Second Violins

  • » Raquel Cortinas (Soloist)
  • » Xavier Gil (Soloist)
  • » Nathalie Dabadie
  • » Irene Echeveste Gutiérrez
  • » Jacek Maria Graca Stawicki
  • » Anne-Marie Harmat Pieplu
  • » Iskandar Komilov
  • » Oscar López Celaya
  • » Pilar Martínez Esparza
  • » Joaquín Melara Luque
  • » Iciar Múgica Olano
  • » Jan Pawlusiewicz Sosnicki
  • » Emeline Pierre
  • » Igor Torre Orbegozo
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Violas

  • » Pascal Arnaud (Soloist)
  • » Delphine Dupuy (Soloist)
  • » Stela Bucataru Patita
  • » Natacha Dupuy-Scordamaglia
  • » Justyna Maria Janiak
  • » Grzegorz Kawka Spizewski
  • » Elena Mtz.de Murguía Urreta
  • » Arkaitz Martínez Echeverría
  • » Cástor Narvarte Arregui
  • » Jean Michel Nougué
  • » Yann Seyrac
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Cellos

  • » Andrzej Bak Bak (Soloist)
  • » Gabriel Mesado Estrada (Soloist)
  • » Juan Ignacio Emme
  • » Jacek Grabe-Zaremba Tyborski
  • » Jon Larraz Mozo
  • » Flore S. Lefevre
  • » Pascale Michaud
  • » Ian Mark Swedlund
  • » Urszula K. Wejman Zdun
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Double bass

  • » Arkadius Maciejski (Soloist)
  • » Aleksander Mikolajczyk Szplecer (Soloist)
  • » Victor Alexandrovich Bogdanov
  • » Andras Cserna Kiss
  • » Piotr Jelicz Perczynski
  • » Vasile Preotu Petrarasu
  • » Pierre Torrent
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Flutes

  • » Hélène Billard-Alirol (Soloist)
  • » Bruno Claverie (Soloist)
  • » Oihana Kontxeso Iztueta
  • » Carlos Rosat Martínez
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Oboes

  • » Fco. Javier Lecumberri Muñoz (Soloist)
  • » Hervé Michaud (Soloist)
  • » Rafael Alonso Aragó
  • » Pascal Laffont
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Clarinets

  • » José Miguel Chirivella Alfonso (Soloist)
  • » Juan Navarro Aguilera (Soloist)
  • » Stéphane Langlois
  • » Sara Zufiaurre Niño
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Bassoon

  • » Marco Caratto (Soloist)
  • » François Proud (Soloist)
  • » Anne Charlotte Lacroix
  • » Tomás Ruti Parra
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Horns

  • » Jean-Luc Casteret (Soloist)
  • » Peter Gryp (Soloist)
  • » Karl Francis Pipkin Hullender
  • » Xabier Sarasa Alvaro
  • » Mario Telenti Asensio
  • » Salvador Tudela
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Trumpets

  • » Didier Bousquet (Soloist)
  • » Miguel Echepare El Busto (Soloist)
  • » Jesús Mª Castillo Rebollo
  • » José Daniel Sancasto Colecha
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Trombones

  • » Arnaud Mandoche (Soloist)
  • » Christophe Michel Sánchez (Soloist)
  • » Javier Almarza Garde
  • » Hervé Emile Cahen
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Tuba

  • » Oscar Abella Martín (Soloist)
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Drums and percussion

  • » Jesús J. Soldevilla (Soloist)
  • » Anthony Lafargue (Soloist)
  • » Javier I. Peña Lorente
  • » José Antonio Pérez Cócera
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Harp

  • » Elisabeth Colard (Soloist)
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One of the lovely things about the Orchestra is the chance it gives you to meet such different people“One of the lovely things about the Orchestra is the chance it gives you to meet such different people”
Oihana Kontxeso, flute
"It is very particular job. How many companies can boast ninety people working together, all doing something all at the same time?"
"It is very particular job. How many companies can boast ninety people working together, all doing something all at the same time?"“It is very particular job. How many companies can boast ninety people working together, all doing something all at the same time?”
Jesús J. Soldevilla,
drum and percussion soloist
"What I've noticed the most over this time is the change in the concert halls. Before we often had poor sales and played to half empty theatres. Now we?re almost always completely sold out"
"Being a musician can be immensely enjoyable but also very difficult. There are arid times, alongside others that make you feel very lucky, always accompanied by the stress involved with not being able to make a mistake"“Being a musician can be immensely enjoyable but also very difficult. There are arid times, alongside others that make you feel very lucky, always accompanied by the stress involved with not being able to make a mistake”
Cástor Narvarte, viola
"What I've noticed the most over this time is the change in the concert halls. Before we often had poor sales and played to half empty theatres. Now we?re almost always completely sold out"“What I've noticed the most over this time is the change in the concert halls. Before we often had poor sales and played to half empty theatres. Now we?re almost always completely sold out”
Pascal Arnaud, viola soloist
"Each programme is different, each concert is unique and you have to do it each time with maximum demands"“Each programme is different, each concert is unique but you must give your best every time”
Andrzej Bak, cello soloist